LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Jazz has got to be one of the most inaccessible genres out there, which I find a bit odd, considering I can use jazz music for nearly anything. I listen to it primarily as a study tool, but it rewards focus just as easily. The obstacle that people seem to run into as they learn more about the genre is an inability to discern between compositions, and I figure that a thread created with the expressed purpose of discussing such things might help people in their journey to becoming the unyieldingly cool jazz aficionado we all wish to be.
What some people may not realize is that the umbrella genre of "jazz" is probably about as dense with subgenres as metal, if not more so. I have never been able to get into free jazz, though I don't mind Eric Dolphy so much. Cool jazz is more my speed...it has such amazing atmosphere.
A few of my favorite jazz tunez:
YouTube - Right Off, Pt. 1
YouTube - Chameleon Pt. 1
YouTube - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Track A, Solo Dancer
What some people may not realize is that the umbrella genre of "jazz" is probably about as dense with subgenres as metal, if not more so. I have never been able to get into free jazz, though I don't mind Eric Dolphy so much. Cool jazz is more my speed...it has such amazing atmosphere.
A few of my favorite jazz tunez:
YouTube - Right Off, Pt. 1
YouTube - Chameleon Pt. 1
YouTube - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Track A, Solo Dancer